diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index e39ac5420cd6..2cfa12404ed0 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -593,12 +593,6 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_store(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
-#define __modinit
-#else
-#define __modinit __init
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 void kernel_param_lock(struct module *mod)
 {
@@ -623,9 +617,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_param_unlock);
  * create file in sysfs.  Returns an error on out of memory.  Always cleans up
  * if there's an error.
  */
-static __modinit int add_sysfs_param(struct module_kobject *mk,
-				     const struct kernel_param *kp,
-				     const char *name)
+static __init_or_module int add_sysfs_param(struct module_kobject *mk,
+					    const struct kernel_param *kp,
+					    const char *name)
 {
 	struct module_param_attrs *new_mp;
 	struct attribute **new_attrs;
@@ -759,7 +753,8 @@ void destroy_params(const struct kernel_param *params, unsigned num)
 			params[i].ops->free(params[i].arg);
 }
 
-struct module_kobject __modinit * lookup_or_create_module_kobject(const char *name)
+struct module_kobject * __init_or_module
+lookup_or_create_module_kobject(const char *name)
 {
 	struct module_kobject *mk;
 	struct kobject *kobj;